Easy doesn’t mean a lack of fun, and if Yoshi’s Crafted World is anything, it’s fun. Good Feel has very nearly perfected its quirky practice of hyper-stylized visuals fused with quality gameplay. As ever, the pure joy of hurling eggs at encroaching Shy Guys and Piranha Plants remains one of the biggest draws in all of video games. The new, multilayered stages composed from bric a brac are charming to the max. There’s also a bevy of unlockable goodies, including a multitude of cute costumes to dress Yoshi in, and that will keep players busy returning to Crafted World’s numerous stages for a good, long time.
As a huge fan of the Yoshi series, in general, I can honestly say Yoshi’s Crafted World did not disappoint me. I really found the details behind the levels to be stunning and highly enjoyable – I can’t stress enough how creative it looks. Despite a few minor complaints here and there, fans of Yoshi games and platformers in general should give Yoshi’s Crafted World a go – there’s even a free demo, so there’s nothing to lose.
This game is so good, I made an account here just to rate this. A user score of only 7.9 (at the time of writing this review) is an absolute disgrace. The characters, the life and detail in the world, the gameplay, all 10/10. You can tell that a lot of genuine love and care went into making this game
TLDR/Most memorable aspects of this game after spending hundreds of hours playing:
(*) This is HANDS DOWN the best couch co-op game on the Switch.
(*) There is an amazing amount of variety in the worlds/environments. Each with their own feel, their own theme, and their own types of enemies - which amounts to subtle changes in the gameplay that keeps you from ever getting bored from start to finish.
(*) The boss of each area were all uniquely challenging, impeccably designed, and very memorable.
(*) You can feel that there was a lot of care and attention put into the level design. You can clearly feel that the developers of this game are gamers themselves, and know what's fun. - The level design in this game is the ANTITHESIS of procedural level generation.
(*) Levels slowly and consistently ramp up in difficulty with absolutely no spikes.
(*) Enough content for both younger/newer players as well as grizzled veterans like this reviewer. (There is almost an equal amount of content for each!)
(*) Tons of unlockable cosmetic items that are actually earned IN-GAME instead of micro transactions! (What a refreshing, novel concept that you don't see these days!)
(*) Graphically, this is only time on Nintendo Switch I've seen anything incredibly close to photo-realism. - Complete with a consistently high framerate that never stops or stutters.
(*) I lost track of the number of times I smiled and laughed at one of the many THOUSANDS of amazingly detailed objects in the background/foreground.
This is arguably the BEST game on the Nintendo Switch as of early 2023. Even if one can argue that perhaps there's a better game than this on the Switch, it's irrefutable that this is the best Yoshi title of the entire bunch, dating all the way back to Yoshis Island on SNES.
Speaking of Yoshi's Island on SNES, there are so many nods and references to that 1995 game, that it almost feels like this was made by many of the same developers. The developers were incredibly faithful to all of the Yoshi games (even Yoshi Cookie!) This is an absolute MUST-OWN game, even ahead of every Mario game released thus far. - Mark my words... Yoshi's Crafted World will be remembered decades from now as a classic, and possibly even the pinnacle of what a Yoshi game can be.
Yoshi will fight in a sea battle, pilot a mecha-dinosaur, run away from Death, make his way through a ninja castle – and that’s just a tiny sliver of all adventures in Yoshi’s Crafted World. [Issue#237, p.48]
Yoshi's Crafted World is another successful main game Switch debut for one of Nintendo's favourite characters and is wonderfully accessible for every kind of gamer. The games adorable art style is a joy to behold, and it's always fun to play with a friend in co-op. It may not be perfect, but it's a lovely little adventure that should be experienced by all fans.
Yoshi's Crafted World is a beautifully crafted title - literally. Excellent level design, and childlike creative charm combine to produce a very enjoyable platformer.
Yoshi is back with a pleasant and relaxing adventure. It tends to stay on the easy side, and co-op can be a frustrating endeavour, but for the most part Crafted World is a joy, and just plain fun.
It’s charming, it’s sweet, it’s peddling a message of kinship and harmony… but it does it all so dryly...Sorry, Yoshi – you’re a good boy, but you’ve got to learn some new tricks.
Este juego era uno de los pendientes que tenía por comprar en Nintendo Switch y gracias a que renové mi consola por un modelo OLED, decidí estrenarla con él.
Voy a ser sincero, esperaba mucho más de Yoshis Crafted World, más aún después de jugar a joyas como Super Mario Odissey, Luigis Mansion 3, Kirby y la Tierra Olvidada o Paper Mario The Origami King, sin embargo también debo ser justo, no es un juego que pretenda contar una gran narrativa, ni sorprender con mundos abiertos en 3D, más bien lo contrario. Debe ser evaluado por su complejidad en el sistema 2D, por el diseño de sus mundos y por lo que aporta dentro de su género.
No es un mal título en absoluto, aunque no llega al sobresaliente que me hubiese gustado que fuera. Es un título divertido, sorprendente conforme avanza, pero que peca de la repetitividad con objetivos demasiado grandes para el disfrute general, como por ejemplo su post-game.
En conclusión, SI recomiendo este juego a los fans de Nintendo que busquen un plataformas en 2D, pero hay que tener claro lo conservador que es tanto para lo bueno como para lo malo.
un juego tipico de yoshi que no le llega ni a las suelas al de snes. con graficas simples pero coloridas, dificultad practicamente nula, una historia tecnicamente inexistente, nada de evolucion en jugabilidad, sonido algo pobre, y sobre todo una definicion tan mal optimisada que llega a caer tanto como un wii.
es un juego que se queda completamente a medias o menos de la media en todos sus apartados, ademas de estirar el chicle haciendo que recorras el area a la inversa ahorrandose mucho **** decir, tu haces un diseño en 3d de una caja y y cuando vas a la derecha ves un lado de ella y cuando vas a la izquierda ves el otro lado, con un solo diseño alargan el chicle solo volteandolo de lado...
I hate this game. My kid wants to play two player with me and it's unbearable.
The multiplayer just does not work. The area that the screen covers is too small and does not adapt to how big the environment is. When someone moves ahead of the other player, the other person can just get stuck. This happens all the time. In say, Mario 3D World or Kirby's Epic Yarn, if someone is behind, they turn into a little bubble and float where they're supposed to be. There's no easy way to trigger this in Crafted World.
You also randomly land on the other player, and get stuck on top of them. This is supposed to be a cooperative function, but it's an obstacle. When another player is on top, the bottom player can't throw eggs. This is really annoying, especially because there are timed sections of each level where you have to throw eggs at a target within so many seconds. If the other player is in the way, the eggs won't hit their target. It's obvious that the two-player mode was an afterthought.
It's also a pain to just start the game in two player mode. You have to go into the options and select it, press the L+R buttons on both controllers, then go into a different menu to pick your character. There's no prompt when you start playing whether there should be two players or not. Maybe this is compounded by a problem specific to the Nintendo Switch. In the other consoles, you would just press the A button on the controller and the system would know how many players there were.
Lastly, there are never enough eggs. Often there's a cloud you have to hit with an egg, and there's no nearby way to get eggs - no bad guys, no plants, no blocks - unless you go backward like three screens. You have to be constantly saving up eggs for some unforeseen use. Also in the multiplayer mode, the other player can randomly take your eggs and vice versa. This makes no sense and I have no idea how to avoid it.
SummaryDiscover the flip side of Yoshis world. Lead Yoshi on a brand new adventure that will turn everything youve come to expect from side-scrolling games upside down! Explore a great, big world decorated like a miniature diorama in a new art style for the franchise, where each side-scrolling stage has the traditional front side as well as a f...